packed like sardines
Example Sentences
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"If Ebola comes, we'll be wiped out as we're packed like sardines," Dorcas Mapenzi said at the Kingonze camp on the outskirts of Bunia, the provincial capital.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
Maria Karystianou, who lost her 19-year-old daughter Marthi, said relatives had been "packed like sardines" and the spectacle was "an absolute disgrace".
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
He split the place with Jac Collinsworth, his close high school friend, the two of them packed like sardines into a single room that doubled as the kitchen and dining space.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2025
After a long flight, the passengers are packed like sardines into the “people movers,” which don’t move until they are full.
From Washington Post • Sep. 3, 2022
Yes, we were packed like sardines into too few rooms, but those rooms were in normal apartment buildings.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
